A customizable database of quotes from leaders of the National Rifle Association

NRA Leaders

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About the NRA On the Record

In the increasingly distant past, the National Rifle Association (NRA) advocated for policies to improve marksmanship and support recreational shooters. Today, however, the organization is defined by unsavory conduct and the advancement of extreme, anti-government ideology. While the NRA innocuously describes itself as the “nation’s oldest civil rights organization,” this portrayal masks the fact that the organization is a rogues gallery of the most odious voices in the contemporary Conservative Movement.

The current NRA leadership promotes racism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-immigrant animus, religious bigotry, anti-environmentalism, and insurrectionism. Some active NRA board members have even had close relationships with brutal dictators in outside nations. Put simply, NRA leaders no longer make for polite company.

Moreover, while superficially bipartisan, the NRA is closely aligned with the most extreme elements in the Republican Party and has brought a number of the GOP’s most influential operatives into positions of power within the organization. The GOP and NRA are locked in a symbiotic relationship where Republican legislators advance the NRA’s extreme agenda while the NRA musters its hardcore supporters to serve as attack dogs for a wide range of conservative causes.

This website shines a light on the background of members of NRA leadership, in large part by allowing them to comment on the issues of the day in their own words. It is intended as a resource for those who cherish moderation, civility and principled advocacy in American politics.

This website is the property of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. It is in no way affiliated with the National Rifle Association (NRA) or any other organization.